High school teacher · Burlington, VT
High school teacher in Burlington: $1,375/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Burlington at $80,100 a year. About 740 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $50,880 and the 90th is $102,750. Pay ranks 65th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,795/mo). Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,375 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 199 miles away, at $2,736 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,375
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,100
$50,880 to $102,750
Rent (1 bd)
$1,795
$2,137 (2 bd)
Employment
740
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
65th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $80,100.
- Taxes$1,559
- Rent$1,795
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$1,375
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,100
- Federal income tax
- −$9,236
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,128
- State income tax (VT)
- −$3,349
- Take-home pay
- $61,387
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,795
- Groceries
- $403
- Getting around
- $484
- Healthcare
- $454
- Utilities and internet
- $252
- Everything else
- $353
- Total spending
- $3,741
Left over each month
$6,675 gross, minus $1,559 in tax and $3,741 in living costs.
$1,375
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingston, $2,736/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Burlington?
$80,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 740 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Burlington?
$1,375 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,795, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 199 miles away, leaves $2,736 a month, more than Burlington.